It has been more than 10 years since Nintendo last won a GOTY award overall. Why has Nintendo failed so much in this regard? Do they simply not release quality exclusives on their systems anymore? For reference, here is a complete list of all GOTY awards they have won in the last 10 years...

GOTY Awards in the last 10 years.

All Nintendo Games Combined:

2013:

Super Mario 3D World - 8
Pokémon X and Y - 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - 2
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 1

2012:

Xenoblade Chronicles - 2

2011:

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - 18 (including Awards 2012)

2010:

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 19
Epic Mickey - 1

2009:

None

2008:

Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 3
Wii Fit - 1

2007:

Super Mario Galaxy - 44 (including Awards 2008)

2006:

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 26
Wii Sports - 3

2005:

None

2004:

None

2003:

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 7

= 136 Total



All these games failed to win GOTY for their respective years. For reference once again, here is a game that was able to win GOTY...

The Last of Us - 192
The Critics' Picks - 157
The Readers' Picks - 35

For merely reference again, here is another...

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 111
The Critics' Picks - 73
The Readers' Picks - 38

Why has Nintendo failed to win, and when will they be able to win again? Will Mario ever win another GOTY (after Super Mario 64)? Will they have to win with a new IP? Thoughts?

Originally posted by Silas When they release a good Star Fox game or a new IP. They have been very reductive lately..

Originally posted by Melquiades GOTY is not an actual award, STOP IT. it is just a RANDOM agglomeration of European-American centered reviewers. And The Last of Us sucks.

Originally posted by kolbykooz Well they did release a new IP recently... we all know how that worked out

Originally posted by TheGeoKing Screaming. Fume a bit harder.

Originally posted by Dr. Shenanigans What are these numbers even of? Game Of The Year awards are simply awards each publication comes up with for themselves which is why their are multiple given out throughout the year. There is no single Game Of The Year

Well then I'd like to tell you what the Game Of The Game Of The Year is for 2007. See, in gaming, all accolades are measured as averages. So it is with Metacritic. So it is with the GOTGOTY. It matters not what any single outlet chose as the 2007 Game Of They Year winner was. It matters what, on average, they picked as GOTY. The 2007 GOTY Winners The Associated Press picked: "BioShock" Destructoid picked: "BioShock" Gamasutra picked: "Portal" Game Daily picked: "Call of Duty 4" Game Informer: "BioShock" Gamepro picked: "Call of Duty 4" Gamespot picked: "Super Mario Galaxy" Gamespy picked: "Call of Duty 4" Game Trailers picked: "Super Mario Galaxy" IGN picked: "Super Mario Galaxy" Joystiq picked: "Portal" Kotaku picked: "Super Mario Galaxy" The Los Angeles Times picked: "BioShock" The Rocky Mountain News' Brian Crecente (aka editor of Kotaku) picked: "Call of Duty 4" MTV Games picked: "Super Mario Galaxy" MTV News (aka me) picked: "Desktop Tower Defense" The New York Times picked: "Mass Effect" Playboy picked: "BioShock" The San Francisco Chronicle picked: 'BioShock" The Spike TV Video Game awards picked: "BioShock" Time magazine picked: "Halo 3" UGO -- just barely -- picked: "BioShock" X-Play picked: "BioShock" Yahoo picked: "Super Mario Galaxy" *** Tally that up. Notice which game appeared the most times. That game is... "BioShock." Ladies and gentlemen, that is your GOTGOTY. Anyone who picked anything else... just so you know, your vote was in vain. Mine too.

Who cares? It's not like there's an official GOTY that everyone agrees on.
There's just one that gets more praise from publications than others.
GOTY doesn't even matter considering most games that get a nod can boast that they are GOTY even if it's just from ONE publication.
It's a ficitious title that's local to the publication that says it since other publications can disagree unlike an cumulative Metacritic score which includes all publications and their opinions on one game at a time.

tl;dr: Who cares when?
GOTY doesn't matter and most are forgotten unless they are apart of a series.

Originally posted by Melquiades I mean this is like the 3rd time you make this same thread. Keep fuming at TLoU, her lack of remarkable sales, metacritic score and actual awards.

it’s a masterpiece of mature, gameplay-driven narrative, stunningly well-realised world-building, and uncompromising but intelligent systemic game design. The final product is complete, cohesive, and affecting--it's the pinnacle of intelligent, powerful, artistically-minded gaming in the triple-A sphere.

Not only is The Last of Us deserving of being call “Game of the Year”, but it quite possibly could be the game of a generation. The writing, the pacing, the dialogue, the world, the characters, and their relationships—everything is as perfect as it can get.

The Last of Us is more than the sum of its parts. It's a moment, an instant classic, and the most important video game released in 2013.

If there's one game you should play this year, it's this.

Video game storytelling was at its best through 2013, but no game told a more deeply moving story than Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us.

For all of Rockstar Games’ technical showboating and RAGE-engine implemented carnage, The Last of Us is a work of the finest gaming art.

Wow. Epic. Intimate. Insane. 5 stars. An utter masterpiece. I’m addicted, life over.

It was clear upon release and even more so six months later how important of an achievement The Last of Us is for the medium. Most importantly, however, The Last of Us proved how far video games have evolved and gave hope for where the medium would go — and managed to do so on seven year old hardware.

Naughty Dog has done something rare in the medium and that is tell a mature tell in a mature way. For as raw and grotesque as it is, The Last of Us is an exercise in subtlety and subdued story-telling.

Naughty Dog has proven itself with cartoonish action and theatrical thrill rides in the past, but it was a pleasure to watch their first effort at deeper, more meaningful work. They made an instant classic.

It will remain a noteworthy accomplishment for years to come, not because any one of its accomplishments was all that remarkable on its own, but because together they made it seem possible that blockbuster games this good might one day become regular—though never ordinary—occurrences.

Naughty Dog’s apocalyptic road trip has rightly won plaudits for its cinematic and narrative qualities, with terrific visual direction, writing and performances from its central pairing of Joel and Ellie.

We gave it a 10. It's not flawless, by any means. But it gets so much right in ways games often get them wrong, as well as excelling in many other areas, and as such it's our game of the year.

They've worked hard to make a world that looks blandly real and as a result you feel completely grounded in it, and crafted a story that'll happily kick you in the heart multiple times. And you'll thank it for the experience. This is a masterpiece: play it as soon as possible.

The Last of Us did gunplay better than any survival horror has done in this – now coming to an end – generation.

As you prepare to say goodbye to your old consoles, don’t miss the experience of playing The Last of Us. The game, available now on the PlayStation 3, represents the very best of what video games can be.

The grueling journey is at its most elegant in the end, where stealth, disgust, panic, resourcefulness and heart combine into a major, polished game that does not need you to lower your expectations.

The Last of Us, more than any other game this year, convinced that what we did, actually mattered.

Naughty Dog continues to impress. After setting the bar pretty high with Uncharted 3 (getting rave reviews), they deliver once again with The Last of Us.

It was a dark tale that showcased some of the best storytelling in the medium, with characters you believed and felt for. Easily the game of the year.

For a big budget game available on just one platform it was a huge risk - and it totally worked.

We applaud Naughty Dog for its achievement, and can't wait to see what Sony's premiere studio delivers next.

This is the final argument in the debate over video games as art. Ellie and Joel are two of the most well-rounded, human characters in modern popular fiction. The blend of quality cinematic storytelling, a compelling plot and characters, and tight control mechanics clinches The Last of Us the best game of 2013 spot, securing its place in history.

Originally posted by Flare Who cares?

it’s a masterpiece of mature, gameplay-driven narrative, stunningly well-realised world-building, and uncompromising but intelligent systemic game design. The final product is complete, cohesive, and affecting--it's the pinnacle of intelligent, powerful, artistically-minded gaming in the triple-A sphere.

Not only is The Last of Us deserving of being call “Game of the Year”, but it quite possibly could be the game of a generation. The writing, the pacing, the dialogue, the world, the characters, and their relationships—everything is as perfect as it can get.

The Last of Us is more than the sum of its parts. It's a moment, an instant classic, and the most important video game released in 2013.

If there's one game you should play this year, it's this.

Video game storytelling was at its best through 2013, but no game told a more deeply moving story than Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us.

For all of Rockstar Games’ technical showboating and RAGE-engine implemented carnage, The Last of Us is a work of the finest gaming art.

Wow. Epic. Intimate. Insane. 5 stars. An utter masterpiece. I’m addicted, life over.

It was clear upon release and even more so six months later how important of an achievement The Last of Us is for the medium. Most importantly, however, The Last of Us proved how far video games have evolved and gave hope for where the medium would go — and managed to do so on seven year old hardware.

Naughty Dog has done something rare in the medium and that is tell a mature tell in a mature way. For as raw and grotesque as it is, The Last of Us is an exercise in subtlety and subdued story-telling.

Naughty Dog has proven itself with cartoonish action and theatrical thrill rides in the past, but it was a pleasure to watch their first effort at deeper, more meaningful work. They made an instant classic.

It will remain a noteworthy accomplishment for years to come, not because any one of its accomplishments was all that remarkable on its own, but because together they made it seem possible that blockbuster games this good might one day become regular—though never ordinary—occurrences.

Naughty Dog’s apocalyptic road trip has rightly won plaudits for its cinematic and narrative qualities, with terrific visual direction, writing and performances from its central pairing of Joel and Ellie.

We gave it a 10. It's not flawless, by any means. But it gets so much right in ways games often get them wrong, as well as excelling in many other areas, and as such it's our game of the year.

They've worked hard to make a world that looks blandly real and as a result you feel completely grounded in it, and crafted a story that'll happily kick you in the heart multiple times. And you'll thank it for the experience. This is a masterpiece: play it as soon as possible.

The Last of Us did gunplay better than any survival horror has done in this – now coming to an end – generation.

As you prepare to say goodbye to your old consoles, don’t miss the experience of playing The Last of Us. The game, available now on the PlayStation 3, represents the very best of what video games can be.

The grueling journey is at its most elegant in the end, where stealth, disgust, panic, resourcefulness and heart combine into a major, polished game that does not need you to lower your expectations.

The Last of Us, more than any other game this year, convinced that what we did, actually mattered.

Naughty Dog continues to impress. After setting the bar pretty high with Uncharted 3 (getting rave reviews), they deliver once again with The Last of Us.

It was a dark tale that showcased some of the best storytelling in the medium, with characters you believed and felt for. Easily the game of the year.

For a big budget game available on just one platform it was a huge risk - and it totally worked.

We applaud Naughty Dog for its achievement, and can't wait to see what Sony's premiere studio delivers next.

This is the final argument in the debate over video games as art. Ellie and Joel are two of the most well-rounded, human characters in modern popular fiction. The blend of quality cinematic storytelling, a compelling plot and characters, and tight control mechanics clinches The Last of Us the best game of 2013 spot, securing its place in history.

Originally posted by Melquiades The effort This is the only award that really matters. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briti...o_Games_Awards

It's a kii that you can cling to Gaming publications of modern times when it's been proven time and time again that they are biased against Nintendo and their consoles.
The true fumes is when you have to copy and paste so many reviews to feel justified.
An opinion of one person on the internet has you pressed.

Originally posted by Flare It's a kii that you can cling to Gaming publications of modern times when it's been proven time and time again that they are biased against Nintendo and their consoles. The true fumes is when you have to copy and paste so many reviews to feel justified. An opinion of one person on the internet has you pressed.